Nassau (LHA 4) - Naval Cruise Book

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1 N x 1 4525 ' Agni, 1 85' 3K ' 12 ffl f , V Vw 4245, .L . K3 I s 1 V o First rom left to right: HMCS Kemble, HM3 Ellis, HM3 Villavicencio, HM3 Wolfe t HM3 T HM1 D d LT D S ME CJI LT IDr.j Jeffery. Second row: HM2 Brockett, HM3 Olszewski, HM3 Smith, HM8rL1v1ngstdhmT-TIM3 Sullijarf H1612 getcchii HM1 Thompson. The Medical Department is composed of the Hospi- tal Corpsman rating. They are responsible for the pre- vention and con trol of injury and disease, and the treatment of the sick and injured. They also provide on-scene medical support during flight quarters, UN- REP details and VER TREP evolutions. The HM rating is one of the oldest in the Navy. As early as 1799, an act of Congress set aside the Sick Berth which later became the sick bay fthe rounded part of a ship between decksj for the care of the sick and injured. Various regulations later on established the ratings of loblolly boy to assist the surgeong the surgeon 's stewart, who ranked next to the MAA, and in 1873, the surgeon division consisted of all the junior medical officers, apothecaries fformerly surgeon 's stewartsj and baymen. The Hospital Corps came in to existence in 1898, and in 1948, the modern day Doc, the HM was estab- lished along with the Dental Technician rating. ,,.'i ' ' A ,.l, .... , ini.

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3 t Q' f, ,. gZn!r1rzE'Zg'nLs1.x:sluuwf:55,e.L', .g fl-fl r i:.:Qg,QIt:, i- Medical Department The Medical Stafb LT Souza, LT jeffery and HMC5 Kemblc At left, HM1 Dade of the Medical Department NASSAU's Medical Department, for its size, encompasses a great many spaces and responsibilities which directly relate to the functions and perfor- mances of every aspect of the ship's operations. Below left, HM1 Thompson caught in a disbelieving moment on the ward Below, LTlDr.j Hill, the ship's Dentist, as seen from the back molars of a patient's mouth , 3 A

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L sin- , ..v,, , -, .' N ww-ff-' ,, ,V 1 as-,rt,w.ffw.rtf.'ff',f,-. fs ,. ' -V1 f ' - f g,f,,,.t,:g 4 At right, HM1 Eaton administers a dose of vaccination to ABH2 Smith. Below, HM3 Sullivan collects some supplies from the Bosn's locker. At right, HM3 Villavicencio takes a btealc from cleaning the intensive care ward in the Medical spaces, while a patient fbelowj relaxes with a non-regulation 'training man ual.' -- 1. Sala? I C at Qs it